Because he sees his health "at great risk", the Brunnthal City Council Matthias Amtmann no longer wants to wear an FFP2 mask in the meetings.
Brunnthal - One day before the latest municipal council meeting, the bailiff announced to the town hall chief by e-mail that he would put on “only a medical surgical mask” for the upcoming meeting.
He also regards the compulsory corona test as obsolete.
Since the 7-day incidence is consistently below 100 and the emergency brake has been lifted, "I assume that the obligation to test has been lifted".
That is why he comes to the meeting “without testing me”.
Mayor reacts with harsh words
In his answer, which Mayor Kern also sends to all local councils and the press, he finds clear words: He considers it “extremely unsolid to endanger other colleagues and visitors out of comfort”. In Bavaria, says Kern, FFP2 masks have to be worn in all public buildings, especially to protect other people from infection. This rule applies to everyone, municipal councils can “not get a special position”. "Only for medical reasons and with the submission of a corresponding medical certificate would I follow an exemption from the mask requirement," writes Kern. Kern also defends the existing obligation to test before the meetings in his remarks. In order to protect all meeting participants, it is "important to discover a previously undetected infection before the meeting".For this reason alone, the obligation to test is justified. Corresponding test offers are available to the municipal council and visitors. The bailiff's chair remained empty at the council meeting. He was privately excused.